Railway-tie.



J. G. @L C. C. DINGER sa G. o. SHAPPER.

RALWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 1913.

Patented J an. 6, 1914:.

.CHARMS C. Dm'enn,

Cook, and State of Illinois,

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

JAY e. ramena, Dineren, ann ensrov c. marsa, 'or carence, ILLINOIS.

I Specification o! Letters atent.

Patented Jan.e',1914.

` Ammann@ mea my 11, 191s. serial 110.778.437.

To all fwhom 'Zt may concern: j

Be itknown that we, JAY G. DINcnn,

and Gus'mv C. Snar- Fan, citizens of the United States, `and residents of the city vofv Chica o, county of llave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of whichl the following is a specification.

Our invention relatesto railwa ties and more particularl to hollow metal 'c ties.

The object of t is improvement is the production of a hollow metallic' tie which will have the resiliency of conventional wood ties and provide a means for locking the rail to said tie. l

A further object is to provide a const-ruction of the characterv mentioned which will be of simple construction and eilicient in operation. Other objects will appearhereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.'

The invention will best understood by reference' to the accompanying drawing forming a part of'this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a view, 'in erspective, of a railway tie embodying our lnvent-ion, Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the same, Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a rail supporting plate used in the construction, Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the rail holdingv lian es,and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view Vof a `we ge used in the construction.

Thev preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawing-comprises a hollow metallic tie 6 struck upv and 'being substantially rectangular in cross section with the exception of the central portion of its lower side. At the under side of 'the tie 6 is provided downwardly curved edge ortions 7 which overlap each other. he downwardly curved portion rovides a means for better ositionin t ee tie in a ballast of the rca bed'. T e edges 7'are overlapped and placed loosely. together in order to give proper resiliency to the tie.

Cut out and struck 11p-from the top wall of the tie are integrall formed rail clamping jaws 8 formed to t the ange and-web of one side -of a conventional railway rail 9. .Cperating clamping jaws 10 are formed of 'separate pieces of metal and struck up substantially as indicated with portions extending into the tie 6 through the opening made by striking up the jaws 8. The portions 11 of the coperating jaws 10 which extend'into the tie 6 are provided with downwardl curved parts 12 at their inner ends providing lockingmeans to engage recesses 13 in the top faces of the wedge members 14. The coperating jaws 10 are preferably made of resllient material and theportions '11 so shaped that said portions 11 will bev under tension when the wedges 14 are in operative positions such as indicated in Fig. 2. -A substantially square shoulder 15 is 'formed on'fthe upper side of each of the wedges4 14 to engage the corners 16 of the coperating jaws 10 to prevent the wedgesrom being driven too far into the tie uring their ap lication to the tie. The toe end of the we ge'is provided with `a recess 17 to permit the curved parts 12 of the portions 11 to ass into proper position in driving the we ges 14 into their places.

The upper edges of the side walls of the which are used to support the rails 9v on the tie. This provides a supporting plate 'for the rails coplanar with the upper surface of the tie. The ends of plates 18 are bent downwardly to prevent displacement thereof.

TheI tie` 6 is yprovided with an opening 19 through which a' drift pin may be used to dislocate the wedges 14 from their positions when so desired. The wedges are preferably placedinosition in one end of the tie, when .the tie 1s positioned, such as indicated in Fi .1,thewedge is. entered from the left en "of saidtie and driven to its place under the rail near the right hand end ofthe tie.` Then the wedge for locking. the rail at the left end of the tie is placed in position at the left .hand end of the tie and driven to its pro er position. .In removing the wedges, t e wedge-nearest the left'; hand end of the tie is dislocated by means of a drift pin operating-in hole 19 in the tie. The `wedge 14 at the right hand end of the tie is removed by using the drift pin at the ri htv hand end of the tie, c

Vhile we have'illustrated and described the preferredy form of construction for carrying our invention into eiect, this is capable `of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention.

We, therefore, do not wish to be limited fo the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A railway tie 'comprising a hollow me\ tallic bodi having integral rail clamping jaws struc up from the upper wall thereof; coperating rail clamping jaws having portions entering the hollow tie .through the opening formed in striking up said integral jaws and extending along the under side of the top wall of the tie; and wedges in said tie Yunder said coperating jaws and having recesses in their top faces preventing retrograde movement thereof, substantially as described.

2.. A railway tie comprising a hollow metallic bod having integral rail clamping jaws struc up from the upper wall thereof; coperating rail clampingrjaws having portions entering the hollow tie throu h the vopening formedv in striking up sai integral jaws-and extending a ong. the under side of the top wall of the tie, said portions extending into said tiel having downwardly curved parts in their ends; and wedges 1n said tie under `said 'coperatng jaws and having recesses in their top faces engaging the downwardly curved parts of said coperating jaws preventing retrogradevlmovement thereofsubstantially as described.

3. A railway tie comprising a hollowmetallic body having integral rail clamping jaws struck up from the upper wall thereof; coperating rail clamping jaws having portions entering the hollow tie through the opening formed in striking up said integral jaws and extending along the under side of the top wall of the tie, said portions extending into said tie hav-ing downwardly curved parts in their ends; and wedges in said tiel under'said coperating jaws, having recesses in their top faces engaging the downwardly curved parts of said coperatingjaws preventing retrograde movement thereof and being provided with shoulders engaging said coperating jaws preventing `said wedges from being driven too far in the tie, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof wehave signed our I names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAY G. DINGER.

CHARLES C. DING'ER.

GUSTOVl C. SHAFFER.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Po'rrs, HELEN F. Linus. 

